The Press., 1887-06-23
Volume 30. Number F.
NATHAN HALE AND ALICE ADAMS.
AN INTERESTING STORY FROM HER GRAND

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 Two d-daughters of Alice Adams, Nathan Hale's betrothed, live in Hartford Mrs. Dr. Hastings and her sister, Miss Elizabeth B. Sheldon. Miss Sheldon was at the unveiling of the Hale statue.
 Alice Adams was already widow while engaged to Hale, and, though she did mar- Ery after his death, it was under peculiar circumstances, none of which are incon- sistent with the belief that Hale was the only man whom she really loved. The TO- mantic Aory is essentially as follows :- l Nathan Hale's father married for his second wife the widow Abigail Adams of Canterbury. She had two or three lovely daughters, grown up or fast growing up, and MT. Hale had several sons of corre- spending age and attractiven Soon af- ter the families became one thesons began falling in love with the daughters, and one pair of them married. After this Ma than developed tenderness for Alice, though she was scarcely more than child. The mother of Alice and step-mother of Nathan, opposed the marriage on .the ground of c3nsanguinlty.
 Then came an excellent offer for Alice's hand. MT. Eliphalet Ripley, man of property and character, some years her senior, asked her in marriage. She was of a yielding nature, and she gave way to the pressure brought to bear upon her and became Mrs. Ripley at the early age of sixteen years. Within two years he died, and she was a widow at IS, with com fortable little property About this time Nathan Hale came home and would toler- ate no more opposition. He and Alice avowed the affection they had had and be- came engaged, but they could not be mar ried at once. Then came the war, and Ma than went off and met the fearful fate that was their final separation.
 She resolved thereupon never to marry again, but the person who had charge of her property proved dishonest, and her en- tire possessions were lost. Meanwhile the reputation of her beauty spread far and wide. She was known as, 4he handsomest girl in Connecticut" William Lawrence of Hartford, famiharly called "the mar quis," son of Treasurer John Lawrence, started after her for his wife. Her friends again urged her to marry, and she again yielded. She became Mrs. Lawrence and lived in Hartford until she was 89 years old. Her last words "Write Nathan" In her later years she grew somewhat child ish, her mind reverting to the people and scenes of her earlier days. s( E
 Mrs. Alice Adams Lawrence frequently spoke of Nathan Hale to her daughter, who in tuln repeated the talk to her daugh- fer. Miss Sheldon says she described him as six feet high, straight as an Indian, and remarkably athletic and manly.
 The Lawrences lived for many years on the corner of State and Market street, in the wooden house only recently pulled down. The descendants of the family now in Hartford are Miss Sheldon and Mrs. Hastings, and Mrs. Hastings chil- dren and grand children The children of Mr. and Mrs John elen s Babies" are grandchildren of Mrs. Hast. ings, and so are great-great-grand children. of Alice Adams. -Hartford Cour03t.
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